In a 1984 speech, he said, "Our flag is red, white & blue" but America has "many colors... held together by a common thread"
As individuals, only Santa Claus & this public service ad icon introduced in 1944 have their own ZIP codes
In 1867 he wrote to General Rousseau, "on arriving at Sitka... you will receive from the Russian commissioner the formal transfer"
Established in 1938, this congressional group was still issuing subpoenas in 1969 & finally ceased to exist 6 years later
England's "Bloody Assizes" & a 1685 life sentence for perjury were 2 main origins of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Delivered on January 8, 1790, the first of these was also the shortest, at 1,089 words
Amendments to its 1901 constitution require approval of at least 4 states before receiving royal assent
The 2 to address 3 joint sessions are Churchill & this leader, his non-European country's longest-serving PM, in 1996, 2011 & 2015
At the 2004 DNC, Barack Obama used a fairly new metaphor, saying, "Pundits... slice & dice our country into" these 2 types of states
In 2014 this democratic nation broke the record for total turnout in a single election with more than 500 million voters
Of the 4 jobs in George Washington’s cabinet, the 2 that have been filled by women in the 230 years since
This country's 1979 constitution forbids amendments altering its official ideology or religion
Until a 1913 amendment allowed this, 1/3 of U.S. government revenue came from liquor
It's the only state to have had 4 female governors, 3 of whom served consecutively between 1997 & 2015
An 1890 resolution by Senator Aldrich was killed by this, the very technique it sought to limit; a 1917 rule set some boundaries on it
Theportraitherehangs in the building of this Cabinet department & depicts a man who once ran it
Before signing the bill creating this, President George W. Bush noted its "nearly 170,000 employees" & "a new kind of war"
The name of this first Maryland signer is also on a national monument completed in 1803
Sawyers are an important part of the work force of this agency founded in 1905
Hamilton began & ended the Federalist Papers warning of this type of person, Greek for "people's leader"
This nation of 55 million is the only one to provide a secretary-general but never to have a seat on the Security Council
Governors of adjacent states, these 2 ex-prosecutors are also adjacent on an alphabetical list of governors
On August 15, 1994, 59 years & 1 day after FDR signed the original act, Bill Clinton made this an independent agency
A committee chaired by the official in this job released the influential 1964 report "Smoking and Health"
The constitution of this country allows the monarch to abdicate, which has happened in 1948, 1980 & 2013
"Features" at the website of this agency include "Protection", "Investigations" & "Know Your Money"
This office is named for a tablecloth imprinted with squares that was once used as an abacus
Begun as part of a 1930s project to reclaim Maryland mountain land, it's officially "Naval Support Facility Thurmont"
On the Grand Trunk Road, the Wagah border separating these 2 countries since 1947 is called the "Berlin Wall of Asia"
Over 8,000 people have been saved from harm by this program authorized in a 1970 law, but we're not allowed to name any
Of nations in the World Almanac, 3 are not U.N. members: Taiwan, Vatican City & this European one that gained independence in 2008
Donna Shalala, Alberto Gonzales & Tom Vilsack have each served as the "designated survivor" skipping this event
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, it's the number of the only one to contain the word "sex"
New York's delegates were John Lansing, Robert Yates & this Founding Father, the only one of the 3 who signed
Of the 6 official languages used at the U.N., this one is the last alphabetically
19th c. reports on horse races used this 2-word term to mean horses that were in the field but didn't finish high
The OED traces these 2 parallel terms to an October 30, 2000 "Today" show discussion of an electoral map
16th century British farmers notching their livestock for identification led to this term for an item set aside for a specific purpose
The longest period in American history with no changes to the Constitution was from 1804 to this year
A 1912 speech said the Bull Moose Party "comes from" these; "it has grown from the soil of... people's hard necessities"
He was the last Secretary of State to serve in the post under 2 presidents
These 2 Cabinet departments both depict 19th century plows on their official seals
Frank Sinatra came out of retirement to sing their praises: "They're both unique... the Quaker & the Greek"
1-word name of the committee that sets the spending priorities that the Finance & Appropriation committees carry out
Created by the Continental Congress in 1775, this officer joined the Cabinet in 1829 but was removed from it in 1971
Just 37 words, it's in the article on the executive branch & is the only part of the Constitution that is in quote marks
The subtitle of this influential 1762 treatise is "Principes du droit politique" ("Principles of Political Right")
This man, only the third man to serve his state in the U.S. Senate, left the body in 2009
The first known use of this word is a 1763 entry in John Adams' diary describing a club meeting in a friend's attic
Since 1960, only Massachusetts & this state have produced more than one of the 10 Democratic presidential nominees